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SUBJ/UNIFORM BOARD UPDATE//
REF/A/MSG/NAVADMIN 070/11/021717ZMAR 11// REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS 15665I/01JAN03//
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 070/11 ANNOUNCING UNIFORM POLICY CHANGES. REF B IS U.S.
NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS//
RMKS/1. THIS MESSAGE MODIFIES REF A AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
AUTHORIZED USE OF PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE IN UNIFORM AND THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF WEAR OF THE KHAKI OVERBLOUSE FOR FEMALE OFFICERS AND CHIEF
PETTY OFFICERS (CPOS) AND CLARIFIES THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR WEAR OF FLIGHT
SUITS AT DESIGNATED EVENTS CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF NAVAL
AVIATION.
A. USE OF PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES. EFFECTIVE 25
MARCH 2011,
COMMUNICATION DEVICES (E.G. CELL PHONES, BLACKBERRIES, PAGERS, ETC.) ARE
AUTHORIZED FOR USE AND WEAR WHILE IN UNIFORM (TO INCLUDE WALKING) IN THE
MANNER PRESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) COMMUNICATION DEVICES SHALL BE CONSERVATIVE IN
COLOR AND DESIGN AND SHALL NOT
DISTRACT FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE UNIFORM.
(2) ONLY ONE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IS AUTHORIZED FOR
WEAR AND CAN ONLY BE WORN ON THE BELT OF WORKING AND SERVICE UNIFORMS
AFT OF THE ELBOW.
(3) WEARING OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES ON SERVICE DRESS
UNIFORMS IS NOT AUTHORIZED.
(4) COMMUNICATION DEVICES WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM
THE FRONT AND WORN IN SUCH A
MANNER AS TO IMPEDE THE NORMAL WEAR AND APPEARANCE OF THE UNIFORM (E .G.
SAGGING, BUNCHING, BULGING, PROTRUDING ETC.).
(5) WHENEVER THERE IS A CONCERN FOR OPERATIONAL
SECURITY, THE AUTHORIZED USE OF
COMMUNICATION DEVICES SHALL BE AT THE COMMANDING OFFICER'S DISCRETION .
(6) THE USE OF PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES SHALL
NOT INTERFERE WITH THE
RENDERING OF MILITARY COURTESIES AND HONORS NOR VIOLATE LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL LAWS.
(7) WHEN NOT BEING WORN ON THE UNIFORM AND IN USE,
COMMUNICATION DEVICES WILL BE
PLACED AT THE SIDE OF THE LEG AND IN THE APPROPRIATE HAND WHEN RENDERING
SALUTES, GREETINGS AND OTHER MILITARY COURTESIES/HONORS.
(8) THE USE OF AN EARPIECE, BLUE TOOTH TECHNOLOGY,
HEADSETS OR HANDS-FREE DEVICE
WHILE IN UNIFORM INDOORS OR OUTDOORS IS PROHIBITED UNLESS PACIFICALLY
AUTHORIZED FOR THE EXECUTION OF OFFICIAL DUTIES (E.G. NSW, SECURITY PERSONNEL,
DETAILERS, ETC.).
(9) THE USE OF BLUE TOOTH TECHNOLOGY, HEADSETS AND
OTHER HANDS-FREE DEVICES ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN UNIFORM
IN A VEHICLE WHEN AUTHORIZED
BY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. REGIONAL COMMANDERS MAY FURTHER RESTRICT ON
BASE USE OF HANDS-FREE DEVICES.
B. KHAKI OVERBLOUSE FOR FEMALE OFFICERS AND CPOS. EFFECTIVE
25 MARCH 2011, FEMALE
OFFICERS AND CPOS ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE POLY /WOOL KHAKI OVERBLOUSE AS AN
OPTIONAL SERVICE KHAKI UNIFORM COMPONENT IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE POLY/WOOL OVERBLOUSE IS AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR
WITH POLY/WOOL SERVICE KHAKI SLACKS OR SKIRTS ONLY.
(2) THE OVERBLOUSE SHALL BE WORN OUTSIDE THE SLACKS
OR SKIRT AND SHALL HANG COMFORTABLY OVER THE HIPS AND
CHEST WITHOUT
PULLING OPEN.
(3) WHEN WORN WITH THE BLACK RELAX FIT JACKET OR V
-NECK SWEATER, THE OVERBLOUSE
WILL BE TUCKED SO THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOUSE WILL NOT PROTRUDE BEYOND THE
BOTTOM OF THE JACKET OR SWEATER.
(4) THE LENGTH OF THE OVERBLOUSE SHALL BE LONG ENOUGH
TO FALL APPROXIMATELY ONE
INCH ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE SIDE POCKET OPENING. ALL BUTTONS SHALL BE
FASTENED.
(5) ALL RIBBONS, WARFARE DEVICES, ID BADGES AND
NAMETAGS SHALL BE WORN AS
PRESCRIBED FOR THE SUMMER WHITE UNIFORM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLACEMENT OF
RIBBONS AND NAMETAGS. PLACEMENT OF RIBBONS SHALL BE SIX AND ONE QUARTER INCHES
DOWN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE FRONT SEAM AND SHOULDER SEAM AND CENTERED
OVER THE FRONT SEAM.
(6) NAMETAGS SHALL BE PLACED IN THE SAME MANNER ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OVERBLOUSE.
(7) THE OVERBLOUSE WILL BE PURCHASED AT THE
INDIVIDUAL'S EXPENSE AND WILL NOT BE PRESCRIBABLE.
(8) THE KHAKI OVERBLOUSE IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR
WITH THE 100% POLYESTER (CNT)
SLACKS OR SKIRT. THE OVERBLOUSE IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE VIA THE NAVY
EXCHANGE UNIFORM CENTER, THE NEX UNIFORM WEBSITE AT
HTTPS://WWW.NEXNET.NEXWEB.ORG/PLS/NEXAUTH/WG _SELECT_SPEED (ALL
LOWERCASE) OR CALL CENTER
AT 1-800-368-4088.
C. CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF NAVAL AVIATION. THE CHIEF OF
NAVAL OPERATIONS HAS APPROVED
THE WEARING OF FLIGHT SUITS AT DESIGNATED AVIATION CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
EVENTS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2011. VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IS THE
APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR WEARING OF FLIGHT SUITS AT DESIGNATED EVENTS. COMMANDER
NAVAL AIR FORCES WILL SUBMIT QUARTERLY REQUESTS TO VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL
OPERATIONS VIA COMMANDER, U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND FOR RECOMMENDED EVENTS FOR
FLIGHT SUIT WEAR. COMMANDER, NAVAL AIR FORCES WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS AND
GUIDANCE OF AUTHORIZED EVENTS AND FLIGHT SUIT MANNER OF WEAR TO DESIGNATED
NAVY ORGANIZATIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
2. FILE THIS NAVADMIN UNTIL REVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUPERS
DIRECTIVE CD-ROM CHANGE CONTAINING REF A.
3. POINTS OF CONTACT:
- POLICY CHANGES: MR. ROBERT B. CARROLL, HEAD, NAVY UNIFORM MATTERS OFFICE, AT
ROBERT.B.CARROLL(AT)NAVY.MIL, CMDCM(AW) JERRY FEATHERSTONE, NAVY UNIFORM
MATTERS, AT
(703) 695-3977/DSN 224, OR EMAIL AT JERRY.FEATHERSTONE(AT)NAVY.MIL AND
PSC(SW/AW)SHAWN LAFFERTY, NAVY UNIFORM MATTERS, AT (703) 614-5075.
4. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.// BT
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